We've done it - now let's go for guide dog number 7!

BUMPER collection... St Margaret Mary’s pupils Amelia Middleton and Dylan Strange with some of the sacks of stamps that will help fund a guide dog

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IT'S a Red Letter Day for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association - thanks to Advertiser readers.

You've donated so many stamps to our appeal that we've reached our target to provide a sixth guide dog.

Our long-running campaign, in conjunction with the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, involves readers bringing in stamps to our Yorkshire Street office, which we then convert into cash. A total of £2,500 is needed to breed and train a new dog to provide vital support for somebody who has lost their sight.

Schools and community groups have joined in the campaign over the years, and it was the efforts of a group of pupils that took us past our latest target figure.

St Margaret Mary's astonished us by collecting literally thousands of stamps over the last three years.

To introduce an element of friendly competition, the child who brought in the most stamps each week was awarded a small toy dog. The school ended up filling six bags of stamps.

Since 1991 we have raised enough money to provide five dogs, Tiser, Campbell, Harry, Millie and, most recently in 2003, Frankie.

We'll be handing over the cash to the association in the next week or two, and will keep you updated about the progress of dog number six.

However, it's now time to start collecting for number seven.

Just cut the stamps off the envelopes, leaving a 5mm gap all the way round, and drop them in to us at our office at 70 Yorkshire Street and we will do the rest.